My friend @practicalthought, if you don't mind me still calling you that, you are not taking one major thing into consideration, when you state this.

So the folks who primarily self vote heavily or use VTS will lose out on more rewards usually because the main votes they will get are either from themselves directly or through a VTS indirectly.

They can to this in less than five minutes a day, then go to the beach. Doesn't sound like a bad deal to me. How many hours do real active members spend on here a day, a week?...then yes they earn more.

Now to think about it, I could be watching a movie with @junglegirl right now instead of putting time and thought into this response. Maybe it's time for Travel Pro to UPVU and check in from time to time. It's a far better time/earnings ratio.....like no comparison.